Combination riding toy and baby cart



Aug. 25, 1925. 1,550,742

J. PNIEWSKI COMBINATION RIDING TO! AND BABY CART Filed Dec. 6, 1924 Jbseph Pniewski 54mm or,

Patented Aug. 25, 1925.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JOSEPH PNIEWSKI, 0F BROOKLYN, NEW YORK.

COMBINATION RIDING- TOY AND BABY CART.

Application filed. December 6, 1924. Serial No. 754,366.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, J osnrn PNIEWSKI, a citizen of Poland, and resident of Brooklyn, in the county of Kings and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Combination Riding Toys and Baby Garts, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to wheeled baby carts or carriages and has for its main object to provide a novel and attractive device for moving small children around. My invention also relates to toys for children and is concerned with providing a novel wheeled toy horse on which a grown up person or a larger child may move around a smaller child, or which may be supported in a resting position and a small child may play with it.

Another object of my invention is to provide a combined device as characterized hereinbefore which may be adjusted to the size of the child who is to play with the same, so that difierent children in a family may conveniently use the same toy or it may be adjusted to fit the requirements of the same child as he is growing.

Still another object of this invention is to provide a device of the mentioned character which will be extremely simple, durable, easy to handle and inexpensive to manufacture.

Other objects of my invention will be apparent as the specification of the same proceeds.

With such objects in view, my invention mainly consists in providing an inclined main beam with a shorter horizontal beam at its lower end, said shorter beam being supported on wheels on the ground, said inclined beam having an imitation horse adjustably secured at different positions on its upper surface, so that the whole construction, with a child sitting on said imitation or image of a horse, may be wheeled around by a pushing force exerted on the upper end of said inclined main beam, while the lower surface of said main beam carries a leg or support by which the device may be left resting on the ground in perfect balance and used as an ordinary stationary toy horse.

My invention also consists in the construction, arrangement, and combination of the parts which will be hereinafter fully described and afterward specifically claimed.

In the accompanying drawings:

Fig. 1 is a perspective front view of my combination toy horse and baby cart shown in the position in which it is intended to be wheeled around,

Fig. 2 is a plan view of the same, while Fig. 3 shows a side view of it with a child sitting on the image of a horse.

Figs. 4: and 5 show details of this embodiment of my device and Fig. 6 shows another modification of the same, of which Fig. 7 shows a fragmentary detail.

Similar characters of reference denote similar parts throughout the several figures.

Referring now more closely to the drawings, the numeral 8 indicates the inclined main beam of my toy horse having the notches 9 provided on its lower surface and carrying at its lower end the cross beam or axle 10 on which are rotatably arranged the running wheels 11.

The toy horse proper 12 is preferably made of wood and is composed of a horizontal seat 13 and a perpendicular imitation 14: of a horses head and neck. The head 14 may carry protruding pins 15 representing the bridle of the horse and providing a grip for the hands of the child as shown in The toy horse in the figures is shown as placed on a relatively higher position which is the case when it is to be used for more grown up children. For smaller babies the seat 13 will be placed at quite a low situation and to further insure the child against falling off the horse, I provide the belt 16 secured to the underside of the beam 8, as at 17, and adapted to embrace the child by the same and to fasten the ends of the belt around him.

To conveniently and quickly set the toy horse into any position desired and provided for on the beam 8, and to securely fasten the same in such a position, I employ the notches 9, into which a cross pin 18 may be set, said pin being secured across the slot 19 in seat 13. (Figs. 4 and 5.) As will be seen by inspecting the drawings, the pin 18 may be quickly and easily released from the notches 9 by pushing the seat 13 in a backward direction, (after having set the same into a perpendicular direction to the line of the beam 8) and then let the cross pin 18 slip -into any other notch according to how high or low we want to set the seat 13.

After the pin is in a notch 9, the seat 13 is permitted to drop somewhat into an inclined position to the line of beam 8, as shown in Figs. 1 and 3, and the front end 20 of the slot 19 will then come to a rest on the upper surface of beam 8 whereby said end will exert a pressure on the top of the beam 8, while the pin 18 will catch in the respective notch 9, the two insuring a firm position for the seat 13. A leg or supporting prop 21 may be secured to the lower surface of the beam 8 (preferably being made of a piece of bent iron band) by any of the usual means, as for instance by two screws at its two ends, and made of such a height that when let down on the ground and firmly supporting there my device, it will cause the seat 13 to take an approximately horizontal position. Upon raising leg 21 a small distance from the ground, by catching and lifting the upper end 22 of the beam 8, my device may be wheeled around, the child sitting on the horse, by exerting a push on the end 22.

In Fig. 6, I illustrate a modification of my invention, the main elements of the same being identical with the ones described here inbefore, the horses neck however being ex tended into a body image 23 and a leg 24L. The upper surface of the beam 8 may also show-in this casenotches similar to the ones on its lower surface, as at 25, and the hoof 26 of the horses leg may fit into them and give an additional support to the seat 13. For this purpose the hoof may be provided with the projection 27. (Fig. 7.) Finally, I may also make the body portion 23 of the horse with an inclined edge 28 whereby to support the same on the up per surface of the beam 8.

It is also to be understood that further changes and variations may be made in the construction of the parts within the limits of the claim hereunto appended without departing from the scope and spirit of my invention.

What I claim as new is A combination riding toy and baby cart, comprising a longitudinal main beam having notches on its underside, wheels secured at one end of said beam, an imitation of an animal having a seat portion provided with a-slot whereby the same may embrace said main'beam and be slideable thereon, a pin across said slot and engaging the notches on the underside of said beam, and a supporting member secured to the underside of said main beam and adapted to rest on the ground or to be lifted therefrom, whereby to enable said combination toy to be used as a stationary riding horse or to be wheeled around.

Signed at New York, in the county of New York and State of New York this 14th day of October A. D. 1924.

JOSEPH PNIEWSKI. 

